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October 15, 2007 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Adirondack Phantoms News Release


UPCOMING OPPONENTS

Saturday October 20- Phantoms vs. Providence Bruins, 7:05: The P-Bruins (Boston Bruins) find themselves in third place in the Atlantic Division with a 2-2 record after the first two weeks of the season. Providence is living a nomadic existence for the next month - they won't play their home opener until November 14, when a $62 million dollar renovation of the Dunkin' Donuts Center is complete. The Phantoms swept the home-and-home season series between the two teams a year ago. Matt Hussey is the team's leading scorer with two goals in the young campaign.

CELEBRATE 40 YEARS OF HOCKEY AT THE WACHOVIA SPECTRUM

This week is the 40th anniversary of the first Flyers game at the Spectrum, which took place on October 19, 1967. The Phantoms are honoring that team with Flyers Flashback Night on Saturday, October 20 when they host the Providence Bruins at 7:05. The Phantoms will be wearing special jerseys designed after the 1967-68 Flyers jerseys, and those jerseys will be auctioned off following the game. Also, the first 7,000 fans will receive a commemorative poster courtesy of Dietz & Watson, and four Flyers alumni involved in that first game - players Joe Watson, Gary Dornhoefer and Bernie Parent and team publicist Joe Kadlec - will be on hand to greet fans and sign autographs.

BOUCHER NOMINATED FOR PLAYER OF THE WEEK

The Phantoms nominated Brian Boucher for Rbk/AHL Player of the Week honors again this week. Boucher pushed his record on the season to 4-0 with two wins this weekend, including a 3-0 shutout of Albany at the Wachovia Spectrum. He made 37 saves in the shutout and was the No. 1 star. The next night, Boucher made 26 saves in a 3-2 win at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. One of those saves was a game-saving stop on a Tyler Kennedy penalty shot, which came in the third period and would have tied the game if converted. For the weekend, Boucher posted a 1.00 goals-against average and a .969 save percentage.

PHANTOMS NOTABLES

The Phantoms are 5-0 for the first time in team history. The club had posted records of 4-1 before, most recently in 2005-06 and before that in 2001-02. The 01-02 club won its first four games, marking the furthest point the team had gone without a loss prior to this year... Five of the Phantoms six defensemen on Friday night had NHL experience - Jussi Timonen, Nate Guenin, Alexandre Picard, Denis Gauthier and Ryan Parent...The Phantoms have scored first in all five games, and have a power play goal in all five games as well. They have scored a goal in 13 of 15 periods played so far.

TOYOTA CUP STANDINGS

Through the first five games of the season, Brian Boucher leads the annual race for the Toyota Cup. Players are awarded points each time they are chosen as a star of the game, with five points given for a first star, three points for a second star and one point for a third star. The player with the most points at the end of the season will win a monetary donation to the charity of his choice courtesy of Toyota.

Player 1st Star 2nd Star 3rd Star Points

Brian Boucher 2 1 0 13

Darren Reid 2 0 0 10

Jonathan Matsumoto 0 1 1 4

Boyd Kane 0 1 0 3

Ryan Potulny 0 1 0 3

Stefan Ruzicka 0 1 0 3

Nate Guenin 0 0 1 1

Jared Ross 0 0 1 1

PHANTOMS HOCKEY ON THE INTERNET

The Phantoms have teamed up with the Philadelphia Area Dodge Dealers to provide free audio broadcasts of all Phantoms games, home and away, this season. The Phantoms official website, Phantomshockey.com, in conjunction with league and team partner B2 Networks, will provide the home for the audio. In addition to the games, Dodge will also bring the ever-popular Coaches Corner to fans on Phantomshockey.com. New editions of the weekly sit-down with Phantoms head coach Craig Berube will be posted to the site every Tuesday.

WATCH THE GAMES THROUGH B2

Every Phantoms game this season is being broadcast with streaming video through the league's partnership with B2 Networks. A ticket for the game is $6, which allows fans to watch the game via a broadband Internet connection from their own homes! Visit www.phantomshockey.com for more details.

TICKET INFORMATION

All kids tickets for all Phantoms games are just $10. To purchase, go to phantomshockey.com or call 1-800-298-4200.



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